The model makers have been quick off the mark in creating memorabilia of the new Pope Francis as seen here in Naples. Photograph: Renna/SIPA/Rex Features

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Thousands turn out to watch as the hearse with the coffin containing the remains of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is driven to the military museum in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez's body is being transferred from the military academy where it has been lying in state to the military museum that will serve as his final resting place. Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

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Age is no obstacle to manning the barricades. Maria Fernanda Filomena, 84, shouts slogans in Lisbon's main Liberdade avenue during a protest by Portuguese civil servants unions against austerity measures taken by the Portuguese government. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP

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Code blue. Brazilian paramilitary police in riot gear conduct a drill at the general police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part of the security measures ahead of the Confederation Cup which will be held next June for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics Games. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images

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The Comic Relief wedding of Ben Springett and Claire Gilchrist, was given a dose of humour by bridesmaids Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French and it must have been a relief to everyone that Miranda Hart managed to pull it off as the wedding planner. Photograph: Ian West/PA

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Nadav Kander's Chongqing I, Chongqing Municipality, features in the new photography exhibition, The changing face of landscape photography, which has just opened at Somerset House, London. Featuring 130 original photographs taken around the world, it includes work by Mitch Epstein, Nadav Kander and David Maisel. To see our slide show of more photographs from the exhibition click
here. Landmark: The Fields of Photography, Somerset House, 14 March - 28 April 2013. Photograph: Nadav Kander

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Amalia Damonte poses outside of her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Damonte, who grew up as the neighbour of Pope Francis, says she was very briefly the object of his affections when they were just 12 years old. Damonte, now 76, just like the pope, still lives in a house just four doors down from where Jorge Mario Bergoglio grew up in the Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP

A mud splattered Geraghty walks back to the weighing room earlier in the day after he failed to have any success with Punjabi in the second race. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Another great photo from our man in Cheltenham. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

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Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim of the U.S. react to their score with coach Dalilah Sappenfield after performing their free skating program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in London, Canada. Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters

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A picture released by the Vatican press office shows
Pope Francis delivering a speech during a meeting of the world's cardinals. Photograph: Osservatore Romano/EPA

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On golden pond: Early morning joggers next to the Reflecting Pool in Washington. The Washington Monument, which is undergoing repair and scaffolding being installed, and the US Capitol, are seen in the water. Photograph: Gary Cameron/Reuters

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More equestrianism: Riders take part in the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan International equestrian festival near the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

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Starluck covered in mud after the Vincent O'Brien county handicap hurdle during the Cheltenham Gold Cup day. Photograph: David Davies/PA

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits the Ideal Home Show 2013 at Earls Court in London Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

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An ethnic Hungarian man rides a horse during a parade to mark the anniversary of the 1848 revolution against the Habsburg empire in Targu Secuiesc, Romania.
Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images

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Members of pacifist group Platform Against The BBVA cover themselves in red paint, to protest against the bank's alleged financing of arms dealing, outside the company's AGM in Bilbao. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters

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Pope tat, translated into three languages, on sale near the Vatican. Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images

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Members of a family eat a meal in their home in Domboshava, north of Harare, the day before people in Zimbabwe go to the polls to vote in a constitutional referendum that would guarantee democracy in future elections in the country. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

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Afghan boys peer out of the boot of a car as they get a ride through the centre of Kabul. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

In the limelight: Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, USA. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

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Vase Gros Oiseau Vert (1960) by Pablo Picasso which is estimated to make between $30,000-35,000 at Sotheby's auction house in London. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

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A member of the IPA Institute operates a care-O-bot during a demonstration in Stuttgart. The robot has been developed as part of the European research project called SRS (Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living). Photographs: Lisi Niesner/Reuters

The aim of the project is to develop intuitive robots to help people remain independent in old age. This machine can serve food and beverages, as well as opening the door to visitors.

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Christo leads journalists through Big Air Package, his latest work in a former gas storage facility called the Gasometer in Oberhausen, Germany Photograph: Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images

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It's been freezing there all week, now the umbrellas are up as punters check out the odds during Cheltenham Gold Cup Day at the Cheltenham racecourse. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

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Lovely jubbly: A view of the 'Only Fools and Horses' themed room at the Ideal Home Show at Earls Court. Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images

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Meanwhile, Israelis cool off on the beach in Tel Aviv, today. Unusually hot weather has hit Israel in the last few days with temperatures reaching 33C. Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters

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Monuments covered in snow in a freezing Moscow this morning. Photograph: Novoderezhkin Anton/ITAR-TASS/Corbis

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Meanwhile, here's Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, during a visit to the ruins of the old cathedral in Coventry. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

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Pope Francis stumbles as he prepares to greet cardinals in Sala Clementina, at the Vatican, this morning. Photograph: Vatican TV/AP

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A model backstage ahead of the Kith & Kin show during Mercedes Benz fashion week in Istanbul. Photograph: S. Alemdar/Getty

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Indian Catholics pray during a Friday afternoon service at the Holy Name cathedral in Mumbai. With around 17 million Catholics, India is home to the church's second largest community in Asia after the Philippines. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images

Rachel, a three-month-old Afghan Hound, at a dog training camp in suburban Shanghai, before attending the Shanghai International Dog Show. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

10.20am GMT

A healthy pig eating grass on a farm in Jiaxing in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Thousands of dead pigs in a Shanghai river have cast a spotlight on China's poorly regulated farming. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

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Delegates vote during today's fifth plenary meeting of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

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A photograph released by Crossrail shows an archeologist measuring a skeleton found during an excavation of a tunnel at a site in Farringdon, London. So far 13 skeletons have been found and are believed to date from the time of the Black Death in the mid-14th century. Photograph: Crossrail/EPA

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David Cameron arrives at the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels this morning. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Lin Yue and Chen Aisen of China compete in the Men's 10m platform synchro final during the first day one of the FINA Diving World Series in Beijing, China. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Updated at 12.17pm GMT

9.11am GMT

A car worker assembles doors at the new Toyota plant in Karawang, Indonesia. It's Toyota's second manufacturing plant in the western Java town, with a production capacity of 70,000 units a year. Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

A dealer arranges gambling chips on a baccarat table a few days before the Solaire casino resort opening in Pasay city, Manila, the Philippines. The $1.2bn resort is the first of four projects to open before 2017, as the Philippines tries to lure gamblers and tourists to overtake Singapore and become the region's biggest casino destination. Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters

Updated at 12.15pm GMT

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Cameras are also out in Hong Kong as visitors take pictures at this weeks' flower show. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Updated at 12.13pm GMT

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Sebastian Vettel of Germany during the second practice session for Sunday's Formula One Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on a beautiful day in Melbourne. Photograph: John Donegan/AP